5 amazing facts about the immune system
A single drop of blood contains around 375,000 white blood cells, and blood constitutes for seven per cent of your total body weight.
Category: Science
Useless Body Parts: Vestigial organs
Why have humans and other animals stopped using certain organs and functions which were once crucial for survival? Charles Darwin is one of history’s most famous naturalists. Living in the 19th century, he became...
The human body: What are electrolytes?
Image source: Pixabay We need these tiny ions to keep our muscles and nerves moving Our bodies are huge biochemical batteries, and to keep our nerves firing, our muscles moving and our hearts beating,...
Cleaning the Blood: How does dialysis work?
Dialysis machines are artificial kidneys, keeping the blood clean when the kidneys fail The kidneys have lots of jobs, but one of the most important is keeping the blood clean. Packed inside these bean-shaped...
Are we still evolving?
Have culture and technology stopped evolution in its tracks? Every human alive today can trace their ancestry back to east Africa around 200,000 years ago – DNA from a single woman still exists in...
5 things you’ve always wondered about the human body
We’ve inhabited our own body for many years, but we still have questions about how it works. Here are just a few questions we’ve always had about the human body. Why do you sometimes...
Decode the brain with National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough series
Open your mind to the cutting-edge scientific discoveries that are set to transform our lives forever in National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough on Sundays at 10pm. In the first two episodes we marvelled as Peter...
National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough series explores what makes us human
Open your mind to the cutting-edge scientific discoveries that are set to transform our lives forever in National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough on Sundays at 10pm. In episode one (now available on demand) Peter Berg...
